Prayer Circles

Please pray for my brother Gene, 45, who was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. He will have surgery on Tuesday, August 8.

My brother Gene is a wonderful, thoughful brother -- the oldest in a family of eleven children. I was one of the youngest and he has always been a loving, supportive presence, a soft-spoken, hard-working person who looks for the best in everyone. He's a runner, someone who has always been in great health, so the diagnoses was a total shock. But our family believes strongly in the power of prayer; Gene was born with an enlarged heart and the doctors said he wouldn't live beyond early childhood. My mother prayed constantly -- and the doctors were confounded when his condition disappeared. He is optimistic he can beat this. Please keep him in your prayers. Thanks.